Fall 2013 Hardlines Strategies

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Expanded Farm and Ranch Offering from Hutchison If you sell Farm and Ranch products, visit Hutchison at the Market. Hutchison has been manufacturing and distributing farm and ranch supply products since 1952 to the Midwestern and Western regions of the United States. Now thanks to an enhanced program, Blish-Mize offers you more than ever from this vendor, with an expanded offering. Blish-Mize added new lines including stock tanks, tubular livestock gates, farm and ranch wire and electric fence posts. By giving you easy access to these top-moving items you likely order on a regular basis, Blish-Mize makes ordering and keeping these items in stock easier than ever. In addition, Blish-Mize offers the cross dock option for many items not stocked in its warehouse. “This partnership between Hutchison and Blish-Mize allows you to buy those non-stock items, and pull them

we sell come with a complete line of repair and accessory products. They’re a perfect fit for do-it-yourself customers who want a quality product to maintain and keep for years to come.” The Blish-Mize program allows you stock the basic jack styles as well as an array of accessories, with 2- and 4-foot planogram options. A special merchandis- ing system that attaches directly to a gon- dola allows you to maximize your shelf space as you display the Bulldog Jacks. “Here at Blish-Mize, the cus- tomer comes first,” says Blish-Mize Merchandise Manager Steve Kagin. “Many of our customers had been pur- chasing the Bulldog trailer jacks from our competition because we didn’t originally stock these products. To give our custom- ers what they need all in one, convenient place, we’ve noted our customers’ needs and started stocking those products in our warehouse.”

through the Blish-Mize warehouse,” says Hutchison’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing Doug Jacks. “Blish-Mize has provided a great support mechanism for you to use, allowing you to offer more to your customers and turn more of your inventory into cash.”

Bulldog Jacks from Cequent When it comes to trailer jacks, some customers are looking for a premium product that is both easy to use and easy to repair and modify. Most of those cus- tomers also find exactly what they need in the Bulldog line of jacks from Cequent. “We cover mostly the farm and agriculture markets,” says Cequent’s National Sales Manager Frank Bailo. “Unlike the economy grade jacks that you can’t repair if they break, the jacks

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